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Photo by Charlie Walker Lauren Early spent a few years touring in Surf Curse and Girlpool, but has recently gone solo. Her latest single, "Tomorrow," combines early 90's DIY indie rock bedroom lo-fi recordings with a more modern indie rock/pop sound. It takes that lo-fi spirit but updates it with better recordings that still sound intimate and noisy. "Tomorrow" does have a more fleshed out sound than this style did thirty years ago. It's an interesting mix of Sentridoh and artists like Phoebe Bridgers and Colleen Green. The song gets messy at times, but only in the best possible way. Early has established an interesting sound, and we can't wait to keep hearing what she's up to. Lauren Early says of her new song: “It’s very haunted and very optimistic, which I think encapsulates the album as a whole. I began writing this song at the start of my obsession with The Smashing Pumpkins. For better or worse, I really identify with Billy Corgan’s approach to...

Photo by Cheryl Georgette You might know Lauren Early from her time touring in Girlpool and Surf Curse, but now the Los Angeles based artist is set to release her debut solo album. Her first single, "Good Girl Bad Boy," has this great slightly polished DIY sound to it. It reminds me of early Colleen Green, but in a more produced version. Early has a great slacker drone to her vocals that isn't usually heard outside of Gen-X, and the music has a more modern indie rock with a side of pop sound. It's a fun song that is going to suck a lot of our readers in, and will have you wanting to dive into the world of Lauren Early ASAP. Lauren Early says of her new single: "'Good Girl Bad Boy' was a total breakthrough for me. Its first iteration was a sad country song. Then one day I was meditating on this simple pop-punk guitar part, and the old country song poured out into this version, and it just felt like...a  hit.  Lyrically, it’s about the pain of love. The ter...